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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 052 096 SO 001 424 AUTHOR Hubert, Frank W. R.; And Others TITLE Intercultural Education Series. An Introduction to Selected Latin American Cultures. INSTITUTION Bryan Independent School District, Tex.; Texas A and M Univ., College Station. SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DHEW) , Washington, D.C. REPORT NO Monogr-1 PUB DATE 67 NOTE 174p. EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS American History, *Area Studies, Comparative Education, *Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Grades, *Humanities, Intercultural Programs, International Education, *Latin American Culture, Resource Materials, Secondary Grades, *Social Studies IDENTIFIERS *Latin America, Programa de Educacion Interamericana, Texas ABSTRACT This is the first publication in a series developed by the Programa de Educacion Interamericana designed to enrich and strengthen the knowledge and understanding of Texas teachers and students in the field of intercultural education, with particular reference to Mexico and the republics of Central and South America. The project hopes to produce a new strategy for education which will foster and enhance cultural empathy wherever areas of study in elementary and secondary education relate to any aspect of Latin America. The articles in this volume were prepared to provide the teacher with an overall cultural base with specific examples: 1) Culture and Education: A Rationale for Programa de Educacion Interamericana; 2) Society and Education in Brazil; 3) Language and Cultural Empathy; 4) Philosophy of Latin America: Yesterday and Today; 5) Political Economy of Latin America; 6) The History of Latin America; 7) Contrasts of Peru and Brazil; 8)Social Forces in Latin America. Statistical data, biographical information on key persons in Latin America, and quite extensive bibliographies accompany almost every chapter. Curriculum materials, teaching guides, and other resources in the Monograph Series are: SO 001 425 through SO 001 428. (Author/VLW) JIntercultural Q!Education Series An Introduction To Selected Latin American Cultures MONOGRAPH NO. I Program a Educacion Interamericans PROGRAMA DE EDUCACION INTERAMERICANA BRYAN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Authority: TITLE HI, PL 89-10 OE 66-2672 Executive Committee Director, DR. EARL JONES Associate Director, MRS. FRANCES DEAN Senior Adviser, DR. FRANK HUBERT Supt. of Schools, MR. ALTON BOWEN TECHNICAL Advisory Committee Consuls: ARGENTINA: Mr. Alejandro V. Caride. BRAZIL: Mr. Lineu Martins. GUATEMALA: Mrs. Stella Cheesman. MEXICO: Mr. Fausto G. Vergara. PERU: Mr. Jorge Benzaquen.Dr. Richard Rubottom, Jr., Vice President, SMU; Chairman, Texas Partners Alliance with Peru. Dr. James Castafieda, Chairman, Dept. of Classics, Rice. EDUCATIONAL Advisory Committee ABILENE, A. E. Wells. AMARILLO, R. R. Ash- worth. BROWNSVILLE, J. T. Ogg. BRYAN, Alton Bowen. CORPUS CHRISTI, D. Williams. DALLAS, W. T. White. EL PASO, H. E. Charles. HOUSTON, St. Thomas, Fr. W. Scott. LAREDO, J. W. Nixon. LUBBOCK, Nat Williams. LUFKIN, F. P. Leathers. MARFA, H. G. Adams. MIDLAND, H. H. Hitt. ORANGE, M. L. Brockette. REFUGIO, R. L. McDonald. ROUND ROCK, Noel Grisham. SAN ANGELO, G. B. Wadzeck. SAN ANTONIO, B. F. Steinhauser. SHERMAN, Byron Davis. SPRING BRANCH, H. M. Landrum. SNYDER, R. L. Clinton. TYLER, Edwin H. Irons. VICTORIA, C. 0. Chandler. TEA: Lois Garver, W. R. Goodson, Lee Wilborn. TEXAS A&M: Paul Hensarling. S'WEST EDUC. DEVELOPMENT LAB: Edwin Hindsman. Publications: MARY MORELOCK ROEBUCK Address: Building C, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 arn..OW*1111,96110 An Introduction to Selected Latin American Cultures edited by Frank W. R. Hubert and Earl Jones 1967 The work presented or reported herein was performed pursuant to a Grant from the US Office of Education, Department of Health, Edu- cation, and Welfare. However, the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the US Office of Education, and no official endorsement by the US Office of Education should be inferred. PROGRAMA DE EDUCACION INTERAMERICANA INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION SERIES U.S. DEPARTMENT DF HEALTH, EDUCATIDN & WELFARE DFFICE,DF EDUCATIDN THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG- INATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY. AN INTRODUCTION TO SELECTED LATIN AMERICAN CULTURES by FRANK W. R. HUBERT, ROBERT J. HAVIGHURST, JAMBS A. CASTAREDA, JOHN H. HADDOX, IRVING 0. LINGER, LOUIS DE ARMOND, CARLOS ARECCO, EARL' JONES NUMBER 1 0 1967 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS COLLEGE STATION,TEXAS Contents PREFACE ii CULTURE AND EDUCATION: A RATIONALE FOR PROGRAMA DE EDUCACION INTERAMERICANA 1 FRANK W. R. HUBERT, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University SOCIETY AND EDUCATION IN BRAZIL 9 ROBERT J. HAVIGHURST, Professor of Education in Human Development, University of Chicago, and Professor of Education and Director, Center for the Study of Metropolitan Problems in Education, University of Kansas LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL EMPATHY 39 JAMES A. CASTAREDA, Professor of Spanish and Chairman, Department of Classics, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, Rice University PHILOSOPHY OF LATIN AMERICA: YESTERDAY AND TODAY. 45 JOHN H. HADDOX, Professor and Chairman, Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at El Paso POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LATIN AMERICA 65 IRVING 0. LINGER, Professor of Economics and Executive Staff Member, Texas A&M University's Overseas Programs in Latin America, and former Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas THE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA 109 LOUIS DE ARMOND, Pofessor of History and Director of Latin American Study Center, California State College at Los Angeles THE CONTRASTS OF PERU AND BRAZIL 131 CARLOS AItECCO, Graduate student in Sociology, University of California at Los Angeles, and Staff member, Association for Rural Credit and Assistance, Goias, Brazil SOCIAL FORCES IN LATIN AMERICA 147 EARL JONES, Director of Programa de Educaci6n Interamericana and Professor of Education and Sociology, Texas A&M University 6 Preface The express purpose of this program is to enrich and strengthen the knowledge and understanding of Texas teachers and students in the field of intercultural education, with particular reference to Mexico and the republics of Central and South America. The premise of Programa is an honest acknowledgment that an understanding of Latin American cultures is essential to the educated citizen of the United States of America. Innovative in concept, the project should produce a new strategy for education which will foster and enhance cultural empathy wherever areas of study in elementary and secondary education relate to any aspect of Latin America. We define "cultural empathy" as the ability to understand and appreciate the culture of another people as one's own. We expect to produce, in many substantive areas of the curriculum, units of study, curricular materials, teaching guides, and other useful resources. The ultimate goal: to help Texas teachers and students achieve a warm and genuine understanding and appreciation of our neighbors to the south. The Bryan Independent School District, under the direction of Superintendent Alton Bowen, has provided the leadership for this project as its sponsoring agency. Mr. Bowen and his staff have worked con- tinuously to make the effort a fruitful one. A high spirit of interagency and interscholastic cooperation provide the needed momentum and energy for a project with the dimensions and aspirations of Programa de Educacidn Interamericana. At the national level, noteworthy assist- ance has come from the United States Office of Education and the De- partment of State. On a regional basis, the laboratory staff and Executive Director Edwin Hindsman of the Southwest Education Development Corporation have performed outstanding services. Within the state and local spheres of activity, State Commissioner J. W. Edgar and the Texas Education Agency, President Earl Rudder of Texas A&M University, the professors of several other universities, and the more than 25 par- ticipating public and private schools have all joined effectively in the larger ensemble of effort which made Programa de Educacidn Inter- americana possible. FRANK W. R. HUBERT EARL JONES ArA VAMA r CULTURE AND EDUCATION: A RATIONALE FOR PROGRAMA DE EDUCATION IlVIERAMERICANA 1 FRANK W. R. HUBERT Texas ii&M University Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, dean of Texas A&M University's College of Liberal Arts, received the B.A., M.A. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Texas. He is senior adviser of Programa de Educaci6n Interamericana. Some of his current responsibilities include: president, Board of Directors, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory; chief ad- viser, principal investigator or coordinator of four additional research projects in progress"Creative Application of Technology to Educa- tion", "Application of Scientific Management Practices to Academic Administration", "Design of a Model Set of Criteria for Evaluation of Proposed Courses in Junior and Senior Colleges and Universities", "Design and Production of Supplementary Materials for Teachers of High School Physics". Dr. Hubert holds memberships in many professional societies and related organizations, some of which are: American Academy of Polit- ical Science; State Board of Examiners for Teacher Education; Execu- tive Committee, Texas A&M University; Research Council, Texas A&M University; Councilor, Texas A&M